RPC III, 309

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 309
Province Achaea
Region Peloponnesus
Subregion Achaea
City Elis
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤωΡ - ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ
Nominative Imperator Hadrianus
Obverse design bare-headed cuirassed bust of Hadrian, right
Reverse inscription ΗΛΕΙωΝ
Reverse design river god Alpheios (with features of Antinous) reclining on waves of water to left, holding wreath in his right hand and reeds in his left; to left, amphora
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Axis 7
Reference NCP 71/1
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ V: GR 14022
2 2     J. Hirsch XIII, Rhousopoulos coll., 15 May 1905, lot 2587 = Seltman 78/3 and pl. 28, 3 = Franke 1984a, p. 22, Abb. 33 = Franke 1984b, Taf. 50, 17 rev.